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High Court Dives Into Resale Trade

Cut-rate foreign goods are a staple on eBay and at big-box stores, but a case coming up at the Supreme Court could make it trickier to sell some of them.

The case started with a Thai man who resold foreign-edition textbooks to U.S. students for less than the U.S. versions cost. Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc. accused former University of Southern California Ph.D. student Supap Kirtsaeng of copyright infringement and won a $600,000 judgment.